Example sentences of "[vb pp] the most " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certain , though , that the constructivism that has received the most attention in psychology and philosophy has been the developmental theory of Jean Piaget . |
| 2 | To date , he has received the most commissons of any architectural ‘ mousequeteer ’ : three at Disneyland , Florida , one in Burbank , California , three at Euro Disney . |
| 3 | Of all the kicks in taekwondo , the jumping side kick has probably received the most attention from the public , no doubt because its execution looks devastating and spectacular . |
| 4 | Erm they are the crit the two criteria which I I consider alongi along with the greenbelt and the need to be located on a public transport corridor , which must be given the most weight in the in the decision making process . |
| 5 | But for the real enthusaists it 's the Russians and their East European neighbours which have aroused the most interest . |
| 6 | AS THE World Cup gets under way , it is interesting to note that , in the previous four tournaments , it is Viv Richards and Graham Gooch who have won the most Man of the Match awards . |
| 7 | Even though drug testing has attracted the most controversy , it is merely part of a broad movement in America toward a Darwinian worker-selection policy , which has been dubbed ‘ employment of the fittest . ’ |
| 8 | The direct harnessing of the sun 's energy — solar power — is , along with nuclear fusion , the renewable energy sector which has attracted the most interest . |
| 9 | Much of it was used to contain cremations or as accessory vessels in inhumation graves ; it is the funerary pottery that has attracted the most attention . |
| 10 | OF ALL THE six Nobel prizes , the Peace Prize has always attracted the most controversy . |
| 11 | His support for the idea of sending a US special envoy to Northern Ireland has attracted the most attention during his three-day visit , which ends today . |
| 12 | ‘ Our idea is not to change the nature of the force to move from peacekeeping to peacemaking , ’ said Jean-Bernard Merimee , the ambassador of France , whose forces have suffered the most casualties in the Balkans . |
| 13 | IF THE inflation figures had been published a couple of days earlier , the Labour party would no doubt have made the most of a fall which was far short of expectations . |
| 14 | The invitations to foreign races started coming in after he ran ‘ about 162 miles ’ in a 24-race in Chorley , and Zarei has made the most of them , often running ultra races consecutively and by doing so he has more than proved a point about his approach to running . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're saying that the plates had passengers on them and it is these pieces of flotsam and jetsam , not the crustal plates , that have made the most impact on land formation , ’ Blake says . |
| 16 | Household duties provide plenty of bending and stretching , which can be consciously made the most of . |
| 17 | If you can scrape together a few hits and make enough to retire to a little place in the suburbs , you 've made the most of the opportunity . |
| 18 | Amongst the newcomers are Llanelli 's Wayne Proctor and Swansea 's Simon Davies , both wings ( a position short of challengers recently ) , hooker Nigel Meek from Pontypool ( who has made the most of Garin Jenkins ’ move to Swansea ) , second row Paul Kawulok ( another who took the Hall and Griffiths trail from Bridgend to Cardiff ) and two sons of famous fathers , Richard Shaw ( Bridgend ) and Scott Quinnell ( Llanelli ) ; scions of Glyn and Derek respectively . |
| 19 | ‘ I have simply made the most of my abilities . ’ |
| 20 | Its role could have been vital , for in theory skilful negotiators might have made the most of military situations which , at a given moment , greatly favoured one side rather than the other . |
| 21 | When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources . |
| 22 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 23 | Aethelwald , king of the eastern Angles , seems to have made the most of his opportunity to extend his authority into Swithhelm 's territory , for when Cedd baptized Swithhelm he did so among the eastern Angles in the royal manor of Rendlesham , near Sutton Hoo , in the presence of King Aethelwald , who was his sponsor ( HE 111 , 22 ) .66 The foundation of a monastery at Barking in Essex for Aethelburh by her brother , Eorcenwald , later bishop of London ( HE IV , 6 ) , could indicate an extension also of Kentish influence into the territory of the eastern Saxons . |
| 24 | After housing , the service in which privatisation has made the most progress is the NHS , inroads have been made on several interrelated fronts . |
| 25 | The second thinks of it as a canvas to be made the most of ; yet another surface to decorate or ornament . |
| 26 | Her watch had stopped and she was n't sure exactly what time it was , but she was willing to bet Fen had made the most of his opportunities . |
| 27 | Saddam Hussein has made the most of it , has n't he really ? |
| 28 | A woman who had made the most of what she 'd got , and done her best to be content . |
| 29 | The complex was rebuilt after a firebomb attack more than a year ago , and its owners certainly have made the most of the opportunity . |
| 30 | To a background of loud , pumping music prizes are given to the best demonstrators and to the units — groups of demonstrators — who have made the most sales . |